German talent animates Oscar shorts: Gruffalo selected

Two animated short subjects on the Academy short list feature German talent.
“Urs,” Moritz Mayerhofer, director (Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg)
“The Gruffalo,” Jakob Schuh and Max Lang, directors (Magic Light Pictures)
Along with the titles highlighted below, “The Gruffalo” made it on the final list of five nominations. German-language information about this co-production with the United Kingdom can be accessed here. Thirty-three pictures [...]